Music Minister John Kinney

John and Linda Kinney


Greetings from the Music Ministry at BBC:

It's that Most Wonderful Time of Year again! The time that we think about the Gift of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, who was sent to us by our Heavenly Father. I would like to share with you a piece from the December 2008, Our Daily Bread, by David Roper. He writes:

A GIFT MOST LAVISH: I have a piece of old plaster on my desk that comes from the ancient site of the Herodium in the land of Israel. It reminds me of the humility of our Lord Jesus. Herodium was a lavish residence that served as King Herod's summer palace, a sumptuous villa with opulent apartments furnished for the royal family and their guests. It boasted a Roman bath with hot and cold pools, surrounded by colonnaded gardens. It's said that Herod built his palace to commemorate a victory in battle, but knowing Herod's selfish ambition it's possible he had another purpose in mind. Some have conjectured that Herod, despite inquiring of the scribes (Matt. 2:4-6), knew about Micah's prediction that Israel's Messiah would be born in Bethlehem. He may have planned for Israel's King to be born in his palace. The Father's plan, however, was for our Lord to be born not in a castle but in a cave. It was in a lowly manger that the little Lord Jesus was born. This is the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, "Though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might be rich" (2 Cor. 8:9). This is the gift of lavish salvation----of all gifts, the greatest gift that you and I will ever receive.

He did not use a silvery box
Or paper green and red;
God laid His Chirstmas gift to me
Within a manger bed. -----Prentice

The goodness and love of God became incarnate at Bethlehem.
May we always remember "The Reason for the Season"
and the "Reason" is JESUS.
May the Love of Christ be with each and everyone of you this season.

Your servants in Christ,
Linda and John Kinney